Can't afford downtime... I see starting with version 3.8 I can add them while they're online, but when I try I get: gluster> v add-brick virt0 replica 3 arbiter 1 dalpinfglt01:/vol/virt/arbt0 volume add-brick: failed: Operation failed Can I not add a brick that is already used in volume just a different location? On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Kevin Lemonnier <lemonnierk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ah yeah, I did wonder about that but I thought quorum was based on all > bricks, not just the replica set. Guess my first instinct was right ! > >> I see. So if I switch to a different cluster quorum model, I may get >> split-brain which would need manual intervention should a node go >> missing? > > Yes > >> >> Adding an arbiter involves creating a volume from scratch? You can't >> just add it to an existing volume. >> > > You can, I think in your case you'd need to remove 2 nodes (removing the > distributed part), then add a brick to go to replica 3, then you should > be able to add the two arbiters at once. > If you can afford downtime creating a new volume is clearly a lot simpler :) > > > -- > Kevin Lemonnier > PGP Fingerprint : 89A5 2283 04A0 E6E9 0111 > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
